Mackenzie's Blog
Oct 5, 2022
Although my shop name is “silver lining,” I spend almost half my bench time repairing, designing or remaking customer’s gold jewelry. For the last several years, I kept the amount of finished gold pieces in the cases fairly low and focused on using…
Sep 12, 2022
Amethyst geode slices are easy to wire mount. Usually, I make a bezel for my stones, but these geodes have crystal pointed edges. I make a wire frame, then solder on posts to curl around the flat geode. These three pendants are double sided. Plain…
Aug 23, 2022
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Aug 23, 2022
Exciting news! MacKenzie's Silver Lining is in the September 1st edition of Akron Life Magazine! In place of my standard vacation, I will be open and designing. Check out the article and come in for a visit!
Mar 21, 2020
Since I am always creating new jewelry, I move my displays around continuously to accommodate the ever flowing inventory. I decided to have fun with rearranging by having one week of 20% off a type of jewelry once a month. I love color, so it makes…
Mar 21, 2020
Shop Small is a Chamber of Commerce event held the Saturday after Thanksgiving to encourage people's awareness of all the small businesses in their community. These specialized shops give the community its character that big box stores don't have.
Mar 21, 2020
I love my job so passionately, that I work pretty much everyday. In order to take a vacation, I need to close the shop.This month break allows me to recharge my "creative" batteries and I love to travel.
Mar 21, 2020
I used to go to half a dozen trade shows, but now I just travel to one show in July in Franklin, NC. This show has all sorts of vendors from around the world. The variety of stones and beads is amazing! I always come back to Wooster completely…
Mar 21, 2020
From Thanksgiving to New Years, I keep the shop open Tuesday thru Saturday from 10am to 6pm. I need Mondays for making jewelry, but I try to make gift shopping convenient for my customers during the Holidays.
Oct 1, 2018
From Mackenzie:
"Custom work covers several areas of my metalsmithing. I work in sterling and 14k gold. Many customers want a new piece made from their metal or stones. I sketch ideas along with price quotes to nail down the final design.
Some…